Entrez gene ID | | 6505 |
Official gene symbol | | SLC1A1 |
Full name | | solute carrier family 1 (neuronal/epithelial high affinity glutamate transporter, system Xag), member 1 |
Aliases | | ,EAAC1,EAAT3, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a member of the high-affinity glutamate transporters that play an essential role in transporting glutamate across plasma membranes. In brain, these transporters are crucial in terminating the postsynaptic action of the neurotransmitter glutamate, and in maintaining extracellular glutamate concentrations below neurotoxic levels. This transporter also transports aspartate, and mutations in this gene are thought to cause dicarboxylicamino aciduria, also known as glutamate-aspartate transport defect. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 9 Locus: 9p24 |
Gene position | | 4490427 - 4587469 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 97043 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 133550 |
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